The Natchez Trace Parkway Adventure: Day -3

This adventure has been in the planning stages for months.  We wanted to take a longish trike tour that would stretch our skills.  The Natchez Trace Parkway seemed a good place to accomplish that.  It has scenery, historical interest, and is bicycle friendly.  We'll ride for 10 days for a total of somewhere near 550 miles and will be camping most of the nights we are on the road. We thought about riding the length of the Trace from Natchez to Nashville, TN but the logistics of transporting the trikes was daunting so we opted to ride to Tupelo (where we will pay our homage to Elvis, of course) and turn around and go back to Natchez.   We've found that the road back is always different even if you are traveling the same pavement (there's a deeply philosophical thought in that I'm sure.)  

We've planned and packed and today is our last day at home. We'll head out tomorrow for Natchez, MS and will spend two days on the road.

Today's challenge is to take all this stuff (most of which will end up on the trikes) and load it into the Subaru. The trikes are already loaded and take up most of the inside space leaving just enough room for the two of us to ride and drive.  Most of everything else will go into the brand-new rooftop cargo carrier.

Almost all of this stuff will end up on the trikes for the journey.

Subaru with roof-top carrier